Character Breakdown by Zawe Ashton
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Narrator Zawe Ashton

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Length 6 hours 19 minutes
Language English
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Summary

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Cult heroine Zawe Ashton brings us a unique look at life, work and the absurdities of contemporary life


Zawe Ashton has been acting since she was six. She has played many different roles, from ‘cute little girl’ to ‘assassin with attitude', Oscar Wilde’s Salome to St Trinian’s schoolgirl to Fresh Meat’s Vod.

To stay sane, an actor must tread a high-wire between life and art, keep sight of where a character ends and the real person begins. So she doesn’t lose herself completely.

In Character Breakdown, Zawe scrolls through a version of her life. Or is it a version of her art? Or something in between. In it, she encounters glamour, horror, absurdity and questions like: is a life spent more on performance than reality any life at all?

© Zawe Ashton 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
Zawe Ashton

ISBN:
9781473568990

Length:
6 hours 19 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Random House

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

A meditation on womanhood, failure and performance…her experiences and conflicts feel universal…it is very funny Sees the hotshot actress/writer/director who you might remember as mentalist Vod in student sitcom, Fresh Meat, look at the absurdity of pretending to be other people for a living An extremely imaginative and well-written volume that has the pace and page-turning attractions of a novel… a fine, painfully honest autobiographer/ novelist… [and] a good, witty read but which also gives purchasers a real insight into life in the acting profession today I loved it...smart, funny, highly original and with an unconventional narrative that asked deep questions about the roles we all play in our lives A fascinating look at the fine line between performance and life, written with style A very great book A smart, funny and well-written take-down of modern showbiz Smart, funny, vivid, honest, dark, timely An entertaining and original memoir touching on career, life and identity. It is an enjoyable read, despite the humiliating tales of auditions or filming situations where she is physically assessed, objectified or subject to casual racism. Understandably there is an undertone of rage in her keen observations Character Breakdown embraces darkness while also being a wickedly absurd look at modern show business Expand reviews